The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 86
was so traiis|Knciil, thai llir(>ii;^rli it ((nild l>c seen cither th< chiv <*rthe colours uiidcriioath ; whereas the enamel discovered by Luea, the basis of\\\\\c\\ was tin, li;i(l, on the contrary, lor its essential character an ojiacitywhicli may be termed intense. Let us observe,… … ^^S- 35.—Enamelled Plaque, by Luca della Robbia. It is by recognising tlie distinction we have just laid do^\n between thesetwo processes, that the productions of Italian ceramic art are ordinarilyclassified: the dcmi-majoUca, ^^dth transparent glaze, somewhat like theSpanish-Arabian pottery, and…
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